Loopholes of Real Estate


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The Loopholes of Real Estate reveals the tax and legal strategies used by the rich for generations to acquire and benefit from real estate investments. Clearly written, The Loopholes of Real Estate shows you how to open tax loopholes for your benefit and close legal loopholes for your protection.




The Marriage Exchange


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Medieval Douai was one of the wealthiest cloth towns of Flanders, and it left an enormous archive documenting the personal financial affairs of its citizens—wills, marriage agreements, business contracts, and records of court disputes over property rights of all kinds. Based on extensive research in this archive, this book reveals how these documents were produced in a centuries-long effort to regulate—and ultimately to redefine—property and gender relations. At the center of the transformation was a shift from a marital property regime based on custom to one based on contract. In the former, a widow typically inherited her husband's property; in the latter, she shared it with or simply held it for his family or offspring. Howell asks why the law changed as it did and assesses the law's effects on both social and gender meanings but she insists that the reform did not originate in general dissatisfaction with custom or a desire to disempower widows. Instead, it was born in a complex economic, social and cultural history during which Douaisiens gradually came to think about both property and gender in new ways.




Real Property Exchanges


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How to Do a Like Kind Exchange of Real Estate - Using a Qualified Intermediary


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The book describes how real estate investors can safely defer capital gains tax by using a qualified intermediary to do a like kind exchange. The "safe harbor" process and IRS rules for completion of a tex deferred exchange of real estate are complex. This book explains the process step by step so that taxpayers can successfully compete their exchange. The criteria for qualifying properties is clearly explained. Worksheets in the book allow the taxpayer to compute the dederal tax that will be due if the taxpayer does not do an exchange. The important reinvestment requirements are explained in detail to ensure that the exchange will be fully tax free. The 45-day identification requirement and the 180-day exchange period are explained. A sample indentification letter is included for taxpayer use. Special exchange subjects included in the book include how to do a reverse exchange, combining an installment sale with a like kind exchange, how to convert your real estate rental into your principal residence, and the growing use of Tenancy-In-Common (TIC) commercial properties to complete an exchange. The actual Internal Revenue Code and IRS Regulations on like kind exchanges are included in the book's appendix. Also included are the suggested real estate contact addendums to show the taxpayers intent to do a like kind exchange. A tutorial on the new IRC Section 121 rules for exclusion of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence is also included. The final chapter in the book give a full explanation of how to report the exchange to the IRS and complete the intricate IRS Form 8824.







Tax-free Like-kind Exchanges


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How to Do a 1031 Exchange of Real Estate


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How to Do a Like Kind Exchange of Real Estate If you own investment, business, or rental real estate this book can save you thousands of dollars in capital gains taxes. It is a true how to do book. The IRS requires a taxpayer to use a qualified intermediary if they wish to take advantage of the ‘safe harbor’ procedures established in the IRS regulation for a deferred exchange. This book explains the important and mandatory tasks for both the qualified intermediary (QI) and the taxpayer in an exchange. Simple to follow instructions and forms in this book will help you – — Learn if your property qualifies for a 1031 like kind exchange — Figure how much tax you will have to pay Uncle Sam if you sell — Determine what your reinvestment requirements will be — Know what documentation is required — Understand the exchange escrow requirements and rules — How to report the exchange to the IRS and much more !!!




Model Rules of Professional Conduct


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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.







Federal Taxation of Real Estate Exchanges


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Federal Taxation of Real Estate Exchanges is a crash course in the art of the deferred real estate exchange. Learn easy steps to sell old real estate and buy new without paying federal income taxes by using IRS safe-harbor exchange rules. It's the definitive guide to taxation of real estate exchanges for real estate investors and serious professionals who are seeking a growing sophistication and appreciation of how powerful the deferred exchange is in the fast changing world of real estate investments. Federal Taxation of Real Estate Exchanges was first born as a three-day continuing education seminar which author Rich Robinson wrote and taught to thousands of real estate agents, CPAs and investors from coast-to-coast. During this time Rich teamed up with real estate broker and Qualified Intermediary, Jim Maxwell. By combining Rich's years of experience as a CPA, writing and teaching federal taxation of real estate transactions and Jim's practical "street smart" knowledge and background in real estate exchanging, they created a new educational program presented at the National Association of Realtors(R) Annual Convention. This course is based on that highly successful program.